New kernel install does not run update-burg

[David Clayton]

In my Ubuntu 10.04 system a new kernel installed via the Update system did not run update-burg, it still ran update-grub because the burg install did not modify the /etc/kernel-img.conf file to suit.

Here is my /etc/kernel-img.conf with the changes that now should work:

do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-burg
postrm_hook = update-burg

I would suggest that the original /etc/kernel-img.conf be saved during burg install and restored if burg is subsequently removed.

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

Yes, so the boot menu is not updated. Today I installed kernel 2.6.35-rc1 for Lucid (from the mainline PPA - http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc1-lucid/) and the kernel cannot be booted.

I tried this work-around:

1. completely deinstalled BURG
2. reinstall GRUB (so that the new kernel is recognized)
3. install BURG again

Regards,
Miro

[bean (bean123ch)]

No need for such trouble, running 'sudo update-burg' will suffice.

A better solution is to modify /etc/kernel-img.conf so that update-burg would be run automatically, as indicated in the first thread. Although I don't know if it's standard behavior for the package installer to make the change directly, since /etc/kernel-img.conf don't belongs to burg after all.

[David Clayton (dcstar)]

Perhaps the burg install could replace the expected "update-grub" script with a soft link to "update-burg"?

Grub does not have to be installed anyway (there are other bootloaders), so perhaps there is no problem altering that /etc/kernel-img.conf file anyway (on the assumption other bootloaders need the same functionality and may well alter that file themselves).

[bean (bean123ch)]

I think it's better not to replace update-grub. grub2 and burg can coexist, user can switch between them by writing the boot code with grub-install or burg-install. If update-grub is changed to update-burrg, then grub2 will stop working.

As for the entry in /etc/kernel-img.conf, perhaps a better solution is to use script update-bootloader, which calls both update-grub and update-burg. This way we can make sure kernel change will be known to both loader.

[Praveen Thivari (praveenthivari)]

If u dont want to edit by default then it would be a better option tht during installation u provide a option to enable it. So, u are not doing anything, it will depend on user's descrition